August 25 Next: Own

26/08/2024 40 min Temporada 49 Episodio 3

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Episode Synopsis

·      Reach, Next, Own. 
·       What’s the difference between owners and renters?
·       What’s the difference between the owners of a church and renters of a church? 
·      Colossians 1:18 - And he is the head of the body, the church…
·      The church must keep our eyes on Jesus.
·      1 Corinthians 12:12 - 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 
·      PIX – family around fire.
·      PIX – family arguing. 
·      PIX - Bodies move.
·       13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even
so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
·       We all have a life-changing experience with
Jesus.
·       Lake Baptism, September 15th. 
·       ADBC must be a place of grace because that is
what Jesus wants for his body. 
·       Do not let the failures of people get between
you and Jesus.   
·       If you claim Jesus, you belong in the body. 
·       Are you a healthy part of the body or an
unhealthy part of the body? 
·       15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for
that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear
should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 
·       PIX – eyeball in Dallas. 
·       18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 
·       20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 
·       You have to decide if you are an owner or a
renter. 
·       Follow Jesus. 
·       Baptism. 
·       Belong. 
·       Next Starting Point: September, each campus. 
·       Serve. 
·      QR code. 
·       Owners serve.
·       Give. 
·      (1st part of slide) Where we should be: $2,286,158.  (2nd part of slide) Where we are: $2,163,123. 
(3rd part of slide) Difference: $123,032. 
·       Abundance brings opportunity. 
·       Step In. 
·       Step Up. 
·       Step Out. 
·       Owners give.
·       27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

LIFE GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Starter Question: Pastor Clay used the analogy of owners and renters of church.  Describe an owner of a church.  Describe a renter. 
1.     Read Colossians 1:18
2.     What does it mean to you that Jesus is the head of the church?
3.     Read 1 Corinthians 12:12
4.     Fun exercise: Draw a picture of the church as body. 
Share why you drew what you drew.
5.     Read 1 Corinthians 12:13-14.
6.     According to this scripture, why is baptism important? 
7.     In your opinion, what does it mean to drink from the Spirit?
8.    Read 1 Corinthians 12:15-17.
9.    Why might one part of the church body be unhappy or unhealthy?
10.  Read 1 Corinthians 12:18-20
11.  Where do you think God has placed you in the body? 
What is your role?